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We're More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Doctors
We're More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Doctors How health-tracking apps reveal new truths about our bodies. ... in recent years, mobile technology has granted me and countless others the...
 
Apple stared down the FBI and won [telecom]
By Brad Reed When news first broke that the FBI wanted Apple to build an insecure version of iOS to help the agency access the iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, I wrote that Apple...
 
Apple may not like the FBI's new alternative to 'GovtOS' [telecom]
By Chris Smith The FBI has seemingly admitted defeat to Apple in its quest to force the company to build an insecure version of its OS to load onto the iPhone owned by San Bernardino shooter Syed...
 
Wall Street Journal accuses FBI of lying in court [telecom]
The Wall Street Journal says the government "fibbed", Comey denies it. Sort of. The U.S. government claimed more than a dozen times in court filings that it could open the San Bernardino shooter's...
 
FBI iPhone hack may be bad news for privacy [telecom]
4 reasons why the FBI unlocking the San Bernardino iPhone without Apple is bad news by Chris Smith The government is confident it can hack into the San Bernardino iPhone 5c without Apple's help, at...
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Israeli firm helping FBI to open encrypted iPhone: report [telecom]
Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters,...
 
Apple asking NY court to wait on FBI [telecom]
FBI's iPhone Unlocking Attempt Could Help Apple Nix NY Case by Don Reisinger Apple has asked for a delay to see how the FBI does at unlocking the iPhone [used by an accused terrorist]. While the FBI...
 
Children as young as seven caught sexting at school, study reveals [telecom]
Children as young as seven caught sexting at school, study reveals More than half of teachers aware of sexting incidents with most cases involving pupils aged 13 to 16, according to NASUWT
 
The Uber business model doesn't travel well [telecom]
The ride-hailing service is a giant, but companies that aim to get stuff done on demand for customers, like food delivery, grocery shopping and parking, are faltering.
 
An Unprecedented Look into Utilization at Internet Interconnection Points
An Unprecedented Look into Utilization at Internet Interconnection Points Revealing Utilization at Internet Interconnection Points Nick Feamster Princeton University
 
Verizon cutting copper phone lines [telecom]
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on how Verizon has advised subscribers in various Philadelphia area neighborhoods that their traditional POTS landline service will be discontinued. They would have...
 
Apple wants to know how the FBI plans to crack the San Bernardino iPhone [telecom]
by Chris Smith The FBI surprised everyone following its legal battle with Apple by asking the court to suspend Tuesday's hearing, as it found a new potential way to hack the iPhone 5c recovered from a...
 
FBI reportedly "stunned" by iPhone IOS 8 encryption [telecom]
The FBI was reportedly "stunned" when it first got to see what Apple had planned for iPhone encryption, after it received early access to iOS 8 (where Apple introduced its new, stronger iPhone...
 
U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple's Help to Unlock iPhone [telecom]
By KATIE BENNER and MATT APUZZO RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The Justice Department said on Monday that it might no longer need Apple's assistance in opening an iPhone used by a gunman in the San Bernardino,...
 
Attack of the Week: Apple iMessage
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: Attack of the Week: Apple iMessage Attack of the Week: Apple iMessage Today's Washington Post has a story entitled "Johns Hopkins researchers poke a hole...